The only thing that would surprise me about this is if he didn't selectively edit the code before releasing it. Subpoenaing a shiatload of stuff and then releasing choice (leading) excerpts to far-too-credulous media is his entire modus operandi. Hence the pants-shiatting about "conservative targeting" by the IRS without including the following sentence talking about how they were also targeting liberal groups.

After leaving the military, Issa and his second wife, Kathy Stanton, moved back to the Cleveland area. According to Issa he and his wife pooled their savings, sold their cars: a 1976 Mercedes and a 1967 VW Beetle as well as a BMW motorcycle and borrowed $50,000 from family members to invest in Quantum Enterprises, an electronics manufacturer run by a friend from Cleveland Heights that assembled bug zappers, CB radio parts and other consumer products for other companies. One of those clients, car alarm manufacturer Steal Stopper, would become the path to Issa's fortune. It was struggling badly, and he took control of it by foreclosing a $60,000 loan he had made to it when its founder, Joey Adkins, missed a payment. Adkins remained as an employee.[10]

Issa soon turned Steal Stopper around, to the point that it was supplying Ford with thousands of car alarms and negotiating a similar deal with Toyota. But early in the morning of September 7, 1982, the offices and factory of Quantum and Steal Stopper in the Cleveland suburb of Maple Heights caught fire. The fire took three hours to put out. The buildings and almost all the inventory within were destroyed. An investigation of the cause of the fire noted "suspicious burn patterns" with fires starting in two places aided by an accelerant such as gasoline.[10]

Adkins said Issa appeared to prepare for a fire by increasing the fire insurance policy 462% three weeks previously, and by removing computer equipment holding accounting and customer information. St. Paul Insurance, suspicious of arson and insurance fraud, initially paid only $25,000, according to Issa.

Lorelle:I can't recall exactly who I voted for, but it was either Coleman or Larry Flynt. I also seriously considered voting for Mary Carey.

Actually, I just say that to hide my shame at who I actually DID vote for

/if you'll recall, there were two parts: recall Davis, and who to replace him//I voted no on the first: I didn't think the problems were all his fault///I voted for that worthless, carpetbagging, sh*tstain teabagger Tom McClintock because I thought he was the most qualified out of that long list of idiots candidates////talk about live and learn...

They've crossed the line. Issa's buffoonery could be tolerated when he was only hurting his reputation. But this is, at the very least, dereliction of his constitutional duty. At worst, it's a crime. Either way, he needs to be expelled from office. I only wish Boehner had the balls to do it.

They've crossed the line. Issa's buffoonery could be tolerated when he was only hurting his reputation. But this is, at the very least, dereliction of his constitutional duty. At worst, it's a crime. Either way, he needs to be expelled from office. I only wish Boehner had the balls to do it.

He's an ass, but if anyone, ANYONE in this thread who already posted bothered to read the letter or follow the links in the article, you'd realize no code was released. While the article was written with the usual hyperbole, it was only referring to a "roadmap" for hackers, but read this letter:

There aren't details there a "hacker" could use. It's an assertion that vulnerabilities exist, but it doesn't explain what they are. It does go into hyperbolic detail about what could happen if those vulnerabilities are exploited. I can't find any source code links at all in the letter or the article.

2) Issa may be an opportunist and a terrible human being, but he is very tech savvy. He has to know that releasing the source code for a critical government website (especially one that collects vital user data) can only bite him in the ass in the long run.

2) Issa may be an opportunist and a terrible human being, but he is very tech savvy. He has to know that releasing the source code for a critical government website (especially one that collects vital user data) can only bite him in the ass in the long run.

Except he's released classified and sensitive info before without repercussion.

Atillathepun:Snapper Carr: as much as I dislike Issa, I'm skeptical about this.

1) There was no code in the letter linked by TFA.

2) Issa may be an opportunist and a terrible human being, but he is very tech savvy. He has to know that releasing the source code for a critical government website (especially one that collects vital user data) can only bite him in the ass in the long run.

Except he's released classified and sensitive info before without repercussion.

And these people do not operate with any comprehension of possible consequences, because they're, you know, fighting evil or some sh*t.

From TFA: It remains to be seen if Issa will release more excerpts from the documents, but he's got quite a track record of leaking sensitive information. In Oct. 2012, he compromised the identity of Libyans working with the U.S. by posting 166 pages of sensitive State Department cables online. He leaked a document in May 2011 that was covered by a court-ordered seal, he released sensitive information in July 2011 about security breaches at U.S. airports and in June 2012, he revealed information from court-sealed wiretaps while speaking on the House floor.

How the hell is this guy still in office, much less still being given access to sensitive information?